--- description: Find out why onX Recent Imagery is one of the best inventions of 2023 title: onX Recent Imagery: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec31586cd8cb60e3/698a418b09208f377441ad9b/best-inventions-2023-onx-recent-imagery.gif?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 24, 2023 # Nature Views onX Recent Imagery by [Jeremy Gantz](/author/jeremy-gantz/) ## Jeremy Gantz Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  When planning a hunt or a backcountry hike, knowing the latest on-the-ground conditions—like whether a cornfield has been harvested or a mountain pass is dry—is invaluable. OnX, which makes apps geared to hunters, off-roaders, and other backcountry adventurers, this year added a “recent imagery” feature, which provides paying users (in every U.S. state but Hawaii) unparalleled visibility thanks to satellite images provided by Planet Labs. The cloud-free imagery—twice as detailed as that of competing apps, OnX’s Brian Riordan says—is updated every two weeks. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324466/onx-recent-imagery/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324466/onx-recent-imagery/"},"headline":"Nature Views","datePublished":"2023-10-24T11:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:22:47.691Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324466/onx-recent-imagery/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","Magazine","best inventions","Best Inventions 2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec31586cd8cb60e3/698a418b09208f377441ad9b/best-inventions-2023-onx-recent-imagery.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jeremy Gantz","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jeremy-gantz/"}],"creator":"Jeremy Gantz","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec31586cd8cb60e3/698a418b09208f377441ad9b/best-inventions-2023-onx-recent-imagery.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324466/onx-recent-imagery/","name":"Nature Views"}}]}] ```